Author: Jacqueline Cooper
Published Date: 29 September 2012
Publisher: Author
ISBN: 10: 1873669070/ ISBN 13: 9781873669075
Length: 190 pages
Price: £19.50 or less
Available From: Amazon, Waterstones, AbeBooks & Brown’s Books, (second hand)
Description.
Account of the wartime experiences of Clavering people on the Home Front and in the King’s Forces. Taken from recorded memory, local newspaper stories, parish magazine articles, diaries and other documentary material – are woven into the inspirational writings of the village’s wartime vicar. This unusual combination brings the Home Front to life, with written and oral sources on events side by side with observations by the man who gave moral leadership to the village at the time. More than 100 men and women from Clavering served with the King’s Forces, and many of their experiences, so very different from their earlier lives, are also included. Fully indexed and illustrated with more than 200 images, this book is both a testimony and a tribute to those who ‘did their bit’ for the community and the country in those extraordinary times from 1939 to 1945…
The Author
Jacky Cooper, recently retired editor of our Society’s award winning Journal, is the author of many books, especially focussing on the area in and around Clavering & Saffron Walden. She was also the founder of the original Saffron Walden Historical Society website as well as the Recorders of Uttlesford History website.
Book review first appeared Saffron Walden Historical Journal No. No 24: Autumn 2012